Forget the Splash Brothers, the Utah Jazz’s newly christened ‘BoJoe Show’ is set to be the shooting class of the Western Conference.
Utah Jazz Media Day is upon us and — for the first time — fans and hoop pundits alike are getting their first like at the 2019-20 edition of the band. More than that, though, the entire basketball world has officially been introduced to the NBA’s next great sharpshooting duo.
As proclaimed by new Jazz point-man Mike Conley, ‘The BoJoe Show’ is here and ready to rip nets. Brace yourselves, basketball word.
During his session with the media day scrum, that’s the name Conley gave when asked about a possible moniker for the 1-2 punch of Joe Ingles, who joined Conley at the podium, and incoming big man Bojan Bogdanovic. That question was posed by Jazz star Donovan Mitchell, who snagged a microphone and interjected in the proceedings.
Check it out —
The Bo-Joe show. @mconley11 has spoken 🤣 pic.twitter.com/iTRSK08NFb
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) September 30, 2019
From your lips to every commentator in the league’s ears, Mr. Conley.
Ingles may have balked at the name, but given the fact that Conley managed to blurt it out almost without thought or hesitation, I’d say The BoJoe Show was probably willed into existence by the basketball gods themselves.
It rolls off the tongue in that Stockton-to-Malone type of way, no?
As he asked about Ingles and Bogdanovic, Mitchell invoked the name of the Splash Brothers — the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. That may seem a tough act for Ingles and Bogdanovic to get lumped in with, but The BoJoe Show may just be up to the task.
Both players have connected on 40 percent or better from 3-point range in two out of their last three seasons while attempting five or more triples per contest. And with an elite point guard running the offense in Conley and more spacing with Utah’s new-look roster than either player has enjoyed before, we could see a bump this season.
If that happens, it’s going to be a good year in Jazzland.
At the least, the BoJoe Show should be a nice Splash Bros. substitute as the shooting class of Western Conference while Thompson is on the mend and his nylon-splitting coalition with Curry is on a sabbatical.